Senior Systems Engineer – Aerospace & Defense (DoD)

Karman; Vernon (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Health Savings Account with company贡献

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Company-paid life and AD&D insurance

Short‑ and long‑term disability

Job summary

Karman Space and Defense in Vernon, CT is seeking an experienced engineer to guide multidisciplinary teams through complex system development cycles. You will drive technical planning, coordinate program-wide activities, and ensure system-level compliance from concept through verification.

The role emphasizes balancing design, analysis, and testing with MBSE and DOORS/JTS tools, driving architecture decisions and maintaining rigorous requirements traceability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master in a relevant engineering field and DoD eligibility.
• 4–7 years of aerospace/defense engineering experience.
• Experience with mechanical systems, integration, and testing.
• Strong fundamentals in FEA, dynamics, materials, design and test.
• Proven technical leadership on multidisciplinary programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide program-level technical oversight to ensure compliance.
• Balance design, analysis and testing for robust systems.
• Guide system architecture decisions through modeling and decomposition.
• Verify documentation and ensure traceability to requirements.
• Lead test planning and validation activities.
• Prepare engineering reports and technical presentations.
• Develop interface control drawings and interface documents.

Skills

Technical leadership

System integration

Requirements decomposition

Modeling & analysis

Clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

DOORS Next Generation

Jazz Team Server

MBSE tools

Job description

Karman Space and Defense in Vernon, CT is seeking an experienced engineer to guide multidisciplinary teams through complex system development cycles. You will drive technical planning, coordinate program-wide activities, and ensure system-level compliance from concept through verification.

The role emphasizes balancing design, analysis, and testing with MBSE and DOORS/JTS tools, driving architecture decisions and maintaining rigorous requirements traceability.